The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-13 00:00:00

S PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is vain to attempt the suppression of the practice of duelling by moral essays and appeals to religious principle so long as our statesmen and legislators sanction that ab surd and barbarous practice by their example. The law declares all deliberate fighting which ends in homicide to be murder, but the law-makers practically recommend by their conduct that which the law denounces, and while the statute-book puts the stamp of felony upon the bloody act of the successful duellist, and bands his person over to the public executioner as a nuisance, only fir to be strangled in the eyes of the people, the statute-maker takes the instru ment of murder in his hand, points it at the breast of a fellow-creature for some paltry provocation, and covers himself with a felon's ignominy to vindicate his honour. What can the moralist do in such a case ? He may expound the Divine law, and ably and eloquently appeal to its denunciations of Divine displeasure against those who deliberately shed the blood of man " made in the Divine image," b u t t h e l aw of fashion has superseded the law of Christianity. He may argue upon merely moral grounds the folly and atrocity of the practice, but a tyrant custom tramples on all moral considerations. He may, as the last resort, open the volume of the municipal law, and read the dreadful penalties of disgrace and death therein annexed to this species of homicide. He is answered by the example of the law-maker, who hesitates not to patro nise the murderous practice, and to violate in his own person the law under which he has set up the gallows for the abatement of the nuisance ! Writers have variously accounted for the origin of duelling—some referring it to the judicial combat called ordeal of battle—the custom of an ignorant and superstitious age ; others to the tournaments and jousts of the days of chivalry, which, begun in sport, often led to real and fatal personal collisions. Others, again, will have it that the duello is of Eastern origin, and not known in Europe before the time of the Crusades. In a dissertation upon the propriety of the practice its origin is of little moment. It is sufficient to know that all accounts of its original introduction among the habits of European society agree in this, that it had its commence ment in times comparatively barbarous, when force had more to do with the decision of right and the redress of wrongs than reason and law. A Morning Contemporary offers a sort of defence for it by saying that " it appears to be an unfortunate necessity of civilization." If it were a necessity of ci.ilization it would be universally found to prevail wherever civilization flourished. Yet it is a fact that the most civilized nations of the classic ages knew nothing of it. The nations whose literature has carried refinement of taste, elegance of invention, exactness of reasoning, the force of eloquence, and the fascina tion of poetry to that perfection which has made their works models of excellence to all succeeding ages, knew nothing of that " necessity of civilization" which consists in the modern absurdity of " gentlemanly satisfaction." That people who triumphed over slavery and barbarism at Marathon and Salamis—that other greater people who car ried their arms and the arts of civilization from tha centre of Italy to the utmost limits of the known world, knew nothing of the honourable practice which has stained with the noble and ignoble blood of senators and sharpers, lords and linendrapers, military chiefs and man milliners, the vic tims of gambling house squabbles and tavern warfare—the green turf of Wimbledon Common or Chalk Farm. It was not in such stupid and barbarous broils the courage of Greece or Rome signalised itself. Themistocles ex claimed to his exasperated opponent, " Strike me, but hear me ;" and his countrymen recorded, for the admiration of all posterity, the sublime forbearance of one of their greatest statesmen and bravest warriors. The Romans conquered the world, but. their courage was not nurtured by the practice of duelling. They knew nothing of premeditated mortal combats for either the " point of honour" or personal revenge. Not in the strife of honour able "assassination" was the lofty, the high-minded courage trained for the defence and glory of a country in whose cause --" The self-devoted Decii died The Fabii fell and the great Scipios conquered." It is not a great while since we felt it our duty to express ou r unm i t i gated disgust at a duel which sig nalised the " chivalry" of a British nobleman and the husband of an opera singer. The Standard preceded us in that disagreeable task, and brought upon itself a flood of scurrilous abuse through the columns of most of its London Contemporaries, which made us blush for the character of the British press. Had the murderer of the unfortunate dealer in fleecy hosiery and hair-triggers, at Wimbledon, been a " singing man," or the husband of a "tinging lady"--we will not for the world say " woman" —public sympathy would be exhausted upon him. The chivalry of the feat would quite overshadow the bloody na ture of the crime, and any Journal that was bold enough to brand with honest indignation the " accomplished" culprit would be handed over by some cf our high minded and liberal Contemporaries to the abuse and exe cration of nameless correspondents, pouring on its de voted head the collected wrath of opera green-rooms and musical salcons. But as it appears the principal is not a singer, er the husband of a singer, but one of Evans's mercenaries, whose aunt is said to keep the Crown Inn at Taunton, it is possible that he may be left to his fate without " Fops'-alley" and Grub -street rising in arms, whenever he appears to take his trial at the Old Bailey. But the foolish and barbarous practice of duelling is not to be put down by the empty threat, er even the actual enforcemea of capital punishnienP. The hanging of Major Campbell for killing his brother officer Boyd in a duel had no effect in repressing the offence. It is absurd to enact the penally of death to put down a custom which consists in braving death to escape the imputation of fearing to die. Cowardice in regard of the op:nion of the world is the great stimulus to duelling on the part of those who are not trained and professed "assassins" in that line. We use the word " assassin," advisedly. Professed duellists are generally rank cowards, who rely upon their practice with the pistol against persons not accustomed to the use of the weapon, and who have never qualified themselves at shoot ing galleries and such places for a trade in blood, as such " civilised" ruffians do. Professed duellists acquire a sort of sleight of hand in the use of the weapon, which enables them to take advantage of unpractised persons, more especially when " hair-triggers" are employed ; and what is that but cold-blooded, deliberate assassination Though the pain of death cannot put down duelling, a life of disgrace and hard labour inflicted upon the " murderer" in this line would go far to produce that desirable effect. We have no objection to some examples being made in that way, which would consign the gentlemanly homicide, whether he was a military " scamp," or a " civil" bully, who relied upon his practice with " hair-triggers," to a lire of hard labour in a chained gang in a penal settlement. The duelling hero's fashionable glory would no longer shed a dangerous attraction when associated with the convict's drudgery and the felon's doom. With regard to the practice of duelling among public men, which chiefly grows out of political conflicts, a law whieb would render any man ineligible to a publice office who engaged, either as principal or second, in a duel, would, if rigorously and impartially executed, probably put an end to it altogether. But the difficulty is to get those who make the law to enact a law against themselves. As to a verdict of murder against a duellist, such a thing is never known now-a-days, except by a Coroner's Jury, which, of course, has only the effect of a bill of indictment, to put the accused party on his trial for the murder, when a sort of solemn farce is generally performed, ending in the sympa thies of the audience being lavished on the culprit in the dock, who, having been satisfactorily proved to hare mur dered a fellow-creature, with the usual forms of honourable assassination, receives a verdict of " honourable acquittal" , --bows to the Judge, who looks upon a vulgar murderer, perhaps, with a different eye—and walks home to put his whiskers and his hair triggers in repair for future operations. Let the empty terror of a conviction for murder be taken away. Let the sentence of the blood-stained duellist be that of aggravated manslaughter, with its degraded doom of transportation for life to a penal settlement, and duel-- ling will be no longer a fashionable vocation.—Morning Herald. We insert in another column an address to the people of England from the member s o f th e Working lien's Asso ciation, relative to the objections o f the Press. In this country every man is entitled t o b e h ear d ; and where dis content exists, it is wise as well as just to give it a hearing. Men are apt to suppose that their reasons are unanswer able, when they are not answered. We have always been strong advocates for the improvement of the people, be cause, to use the language of the Working Men's Associa tion, " having great faith in the inherent excellence of humanity, and believing that more of the mental and mo ral incongruities of man are to be attribut e d t o erro neous convictions, than to interested perversions of truth and justice," we a re of opinion, that the welfare of all must be advanced by whatever extends the boun daries of knowledge. There is in the address of the Working Classes evidence o f an ability which might have 'been looked for in vain in productions emana ting from the same source a few years ago ; and this is a cheering fact. The fault w e find with it is, not that abuse is substituted for argument, or that the deductions are illogical, but that premises arc as sumed sometimes without the evidence of facts, and often against such evidence ; and that even where the premises are true they do not embrace other truths by which the results would be modified. When we 'are asked, for in stance, " What but legislation has made the difference be tween democratic America, despotic Russia, and pauperized and oppressed England ? If the will of the American people, expressed through their Legislature, has raised them from such poor and hete rogeneous or i g i n , t o become a nation ' bout - 7 educated than any other under the sun —where two-thirds of the adults are proprietors—while most of the others have the prospect of becoming so, what, ' we would ask the gentlemen who make these admissions, 1 is there iz the character of Englishmen to prevent them from realising similar advantages, were the same political rights conferred on them as on their American brethren ?" The answer to this is, that there are sixteen millions of Englishmen on a very small extent of country, and only two-thirds of the same number of Americans on a territory of almost boundless extent. Under the English Government, as well as under Congress, two thirds of the adults of the American people were proprie tors, because where there is abundance of unoccupied land any man may be a proprietor. But if two-thirds of the adults of the people of England were to be proprietors the rights of property must be overturned, and the result would be, not to make the two-thirds all prosperous, but to make - all the people poor. The " working men" say "land, labour, and capital are the great sources of wealth ; without land and labour, capital would be unproductive : without capital and land, labour could not be employed ; and without labour, both land and capital would be useless." On their own showing land is a material source of wealth. In an old country, densely peopled, there may be more wealth than in a new country, thinly peopled, of much greater extent, but from the very nature of things the distribution will be different. Where there is abun dance of land the labourer has, from the very nature of things, the whole produce, for who would pay rent to ano ther, or labour for another, when he can have as much land as he can labour for next to nothing, and all the produce of that labour to himself ? " Warned, therefore," say the " working men," by the " experience of the past, and cheered by the exampl e o f m o d e r n democr a cy, whether in Switzerland, Norway, or America, we think every lover of his species ought to exert his influence to remove that prolific source of evil—corrupt legislation." Here are three countries jumbled to ge th e r, m os t dissimilarly cir cumstanced ! America, as we have seen, has plenty of fertile land ; Norway has plenty of land, but little of it fertile, and a bad climate ; and Switzerland is the most overpeopled country in Europe, and the people subject to very great privations. In Norway the population was kept down by restrictions which would not be tolerated in England. In Switzerland the democratic cantons are miserably poor, having in most cases di vided their lands till individuals are reduced to live on the pasture of a goat or two. In most of the cantons such is the dread of increasing population, that a heavy sum for that country, between four or five pounds, must be paid for liberty to marry ; and in some of the cantons a certain proportion of public women are kept for the unmarried in the different districts to keep the people quiet. Those who think for the " working men" are clever undoubtedly, and they will see from these brief notices the danger of rash generalization.—Morning Chronicle. A theory of startling importance, and to us, we must confess, a perfectly new theory, has been propounded by that undoubtedly " liberal" authority, the Courier news paper. " The very principle of the whole Constitution," says our Contemporary—meaning thereby the whole Con stitution of this realm of Great Britain and Ireland—" is ehange." Here is a discovery which Montesqlueu never made, and Blackstone studied for in vain. The idea is a most striking one, and not the less so that itis, in these days of inveterate copying, original. We thought the Globe exceeding great some day last year, when it en lightened the public in an elaborately charming lecture upon the " principles of permanence and of progression." But the single sentence of the Courier goes far beyond all this. There is nothing like going to the root of a matter with the axe of epigram. All obstacle to conviction is thus felled at a blow, and conviction is felt ac cordingly. The whole scheme of " Liberal" policy, which hitherto has seemed to us rather unintelligible, and a lectle contradictory, is now as plain as a pike-staff. It is highly constitutional, for " change" is its object. In its very changeableness there is consistency, for its permanent spirit is the spirit of change, or, in other words, " the very prin ciple of the Constitution." When the public wonders that the Courier, which was once held to be the organ of the " Holy Alliance," should now be ultra-liberal, and de votedly democratic, the Courier doth smilingly nod, and exclaim " take your change out of that, 0 public I Change is the very principle of the Constitution—we are constitutional—argal, we change.—Q. E. D." The Morning Chronicle, another luminary of Liberalism, and, of course, Ministerial exceedingly, announced within a day or two, that the Corn-laws—Govern ment patronage—costly establishments—public burthens —and other atrocities too numerous to mention, " all resulted from the fact that the Government of the country was an Aristocracy, headed by a Monarch." Strange com plaint this, thought we, to be made by an ardent friend of the servants of the Monarch. But the matter is now ex plained—the Ministers of the INlonarch arc of course Con stitutional Ministers, and the " very principle" of the Con- Altution being change, it is quite en regle that the advo cate of the Ministers should be the enemy of Monarchy. Theie, indeed, it is, that this " liberal" principle of the Con stitution should first begin to operate. The standing of aristocratic potter has been long, but we can measure ; the power of the Commons has been comparatively short ; but the Monarchy —except during the brief and blissful interval of mock Republicanism about the middle of the seventeenth century—has endured almost be ond the ken of history. If, however, the very principle of the British Constitution be " change," it is no wonder that the monotony of Monarchy should begin to vex the heart of truly Constitzttiona/ Liberals. There is, howei er, one little embarrassment which may attend the working of this principle and interfere with its harmonious progress. There is an ambiguity in the term by which it is distin guished. Thus, while the advocates of Ministers may be very constitution a lly con t en di ng (i n t h e i r b e h a lf) for " change" in the fundamental institutions of the Govern.. ment, the Ministers themselves may be no less constitu tionally (in their behalf) contending for the " change" which gives forth such pleasant m us ic when it jin g le s in the breeches pocket. We have often wished that, by way Qf a change, Ministers would take it into their heads to act constitutionally. Little did we think how near we were to the grand discovery which it has been the felicitous lot of the Courier to announce to the public.—Morning Post. Amongst the many notable discoveries of the leading organ of the Tories, not the least is that recently made, that, however much the country may have suffered by the exclusion of the tx-Ministers from office, yet the obstinate and perverse retention of place and power by the Whigs is matter not of regret, but of congratulation, inasfar as the Tory party itself is concerned. Under all th e di sasters o f this life there is, undoubtedly, something to afford us con solation, and it is well tor the Tories that, under the cala mities which, of late years, have so often and so grievously befallen them, they are prepared to appropriate every consi deration that can alleviate their sorrows or allay their griefs. Happily for the Tories, they need not our con dolences. Long have they been kept out of office ; but this, instead of being matter for regret, is, in fact, the ground of high congratulation. So they themselves aver, and far be it from us to suspect, much less deny the truth of the statement. They have, we are assured, been gaining strength by their long respite from the toils and vexatious cares of office. Their adversaries have grown weaker and weaker by their extraordinary exertions to prevent the Government of the country returning into legitimate and safe hands ; and every day they retain office they must, we are told, be less and less competent for the discharge of their momentous duties. The people, we are assured, are every day withdrawing their confidence from the Ministers, and, of course, more cordially disposed to the support of their determined opponents. Hence it may be inferred that the longer this state of things is main tained the better will it be for the Tory party, and the bet ter, of course, for the country, whose interest they have at heart, whose real welfare and happiness is the great object of their ambition. We may be allowed to suggest to them a fur ther ground of consolation, viz., the sure prospect they have of a very protracted maintenance o f t h eir present position. In that position they themselves grow stronger and stronger, while their opponents, the enemies of the country, grad ua ll y l ose their power and influence, an d their hold up on t h e people. They will, therefore, feel it to be incumbent upon them to remain where fortune has placed them. They w ill d ou b tless deem it to be their wis dom to retain their p resent position, where they will have nothing to do but to hold a salutary control over the Go vernment of the Liberals, prevent the mischiefs with which the Whigs may threaten the country, and promote the pure and p a t riotic o bj ects of Conserve' tive wisdom. And as they will not be th emse l ves desirous of relin quishing a position, which on their own showing is so ad vantageous, so neither have they anything to fear from the people. Evidently th e l atter will not interfere to prevent their retaining po ssess i on o f t h e opposition benches; because it so happens, that the grounds of the quarrel which, it is declared, has arisen between them and the Ministers, are to be found in the reluctance of the Govern ment to carry into execution those plans which the Tories have denounced ; in their backwardness to effect or to e attempt unwillingness haog w nfan h dtet eis a i s t teaotnc t o h dot e a u h y e n seto t l r h fe y u v i bney fullestel yutdpaewobeenhjlxuai tcr r eti e eini i d ,tot tueoeotp opposed er essentialides. anda ve intdoet depre cated, t o principles' which they which them selves ethe - r selves are as solemnly pledged closely to adhere. If the Whigs have lost th e con fid ence of the people, it is because they have made the poli cy o f t h e Tories their' own. This the organs of the latter h ave aga i n and again virtually. charged them with. They h ave f a il e d , we are told, to per form what they had pledgedthem se l ves to accomplish—they have suffered the Session of Parli ament to pass without effecting, or even attempting what the people justly ex pected from them. The Tory complainants, t oo , h ave not only allowed the Session to pass without doing anything for the people, or even attempting anything for them, but they have also prevented the accomplishment of thos e o bj ects which the people contemplated with satisfaction. They now make it their boast, that they have kept the Ministers in terrorem, and thus precluded the probability of their redeeming the pledges which they had given to the nation. Hence it is evident that they need not fear the forcible interposition of the country for the purpose of restoring them to office. Weak and impotent the Ministers may have been, potent and influential the Tories may have proved themselves ; but since, while the former have been powerless for good, the latter have been powerful for the prevention of good, and for the perpetration of mischief, the latter are not likely to be burdened with the suffrages of the people. Even negative good is pre ferable to positive evil, as the people know full well. Doubtless some mistrustful and suspicious souls, unwilling to take every thing for granted that may be broached even on Tory authority, will be curious to know how it happ ens that they who now congratulate themselves upon their long-continued occupation of the Opposition benches, have, from the moment they took their seats there, been looking with a jealous and envious eye to the other side of the House, and have left no stone unturned which promised to assist them in recovering their lost position. They will be at a loss to account for the abuse heaped upon the Liberal party who have retained possession of the Ministerial benches. They will be anxious to learn why such denuncia tions have been indulged in of those who have retained office, despite every effort made to eject them. But let it be remembered that our friends have learned lessons of wis dom from their experience. Of course, henceforth, we shall not see the Whigs reproached day after day with not giving place to the Tories. We shall not hear of the selfishness and wickedness of the Liberal party in cleaving to office, contrary to the best interests of the country, and at the sacrifice of all that is great and good in connexion with the national welfare, honour, and happiness. Having ascertained the important advantages accruing to the Tory party from their present position, the Conservativ e Journals will of course hold their peace. They will hence forth and for ever be silent as to the selfishness and injus tice of the Whigs, and rather indulge in thanks givings to them for the benefits conferred. But there is another mode of reconciling the unceasing vituperation and abuse of the Liberal party by the organs of the Tories with the notable discovery to which we have referred, and their self-gretulations arising out of it. "To a real, thoroughbred agitator," quoth the leading Journal of the Tories,—" to a real, thoroughbred agitator, who looks to get a living out of his trade, there is no misfortune so great as the concession of his demands. If there were no food for discontent, there would be no food for him. His business, therefore, is to demand, not what may be granted, but what must be refused. By that policy he obtains the credit of uncompro mising zeal for his country, and he keeps the machinery always going for himself." Nothing can be more happy than this mode of accounting for a line of conduct which might otherwise appear marvellously inconsistent. Our Contemporary is the agitator so aptly described—one who is really thoroughbred, and who looks to get a living by his trade. He has long been an agitator of this class ; and, though he has not always agi tated on the same side, yet he has been always true to him self, and doubtless acted, when he changed sides, under the influence of motives weighty, pure, and sterling, and such as well comported with his primary and paramount object—the getting a living by his trade. His urgent de mands for the removal of the Ministry, which he knows are such as will be not granted, but strenuously refused, are, on his own showing, dictated by sound policy. And the longer the Tories are kept out of office, the better for him, since he will be enabled to pursue his work of agita tion, and obtain amongst his Tory patrons " credit for nn compromising zeal for his country," and keep the machine always going for himself.—Morning Advertiser. Now that the termination of the Session has relieved us from all chance of Lord Palmerston's inexplicable explana tion*, we may calmly give our attention to the state of our foreign policy. It is, we are bound to declare, in the last degree unsatisfactory. Not long since a writer in one of the French journals, while openly ridiculing our folly in permitting such a person as Lord Palmerston to administer the Foreign Department, plainly stated that the Noble Lord's notion of his public duty appeared to be, that be should deliver two speeches of niaiseric each Session, from which nothing could be gathered beyond an intimation that the points in debate should be explained i.i the Session fol lowing. This is pretty nearly the case. And thus (as the affair of Mr. Bell will show) the very last quarter in which an Englishman should look for information as to our foreign relations is the person enjoying the office and emolu ments of Foreign Minister. Our attention has been more immediately called to this subject by a letter which will be found in another column of this day's Times. It is from Mr. Slade, a gentleman evidently well conversant with the points to winch he addresses himself, and animated by a patriotic and enterprising spirit, which we could sin cerely wish to see participated in by the persons in Downing street. It is true that in this Journal and elsewhere the blind and utterly hopeless imbecility of Lord Palmerston in regard to Russian diplomacy has been from time to time remarked upon, but we do not remember to have seen the whole case stated in so full, clear, and spirited a manner as in the letter of Mr. Slade, which we this day publish. It will recommend itself to general and attentive perusal, and we would particularly draw the notice of the Conservative Members of both Houses thereto. The sub ject of our relations with Turkey, Egypt, and Persia, must be seriously taken up next Session. We 511 y seriously, because, if we are to have nothing but what is called a " field-day," with holyday speeches, themitter might as well he left to the fumbling of Lord Palmerston himself. This will no longer, we are convinced, remain a reproach to the powerful Opposition at whose mercy the Ministry holds its existence, that the European influence of Brita'n, her commercial interests and maritime superiority, should all he sacrificed because a frivolous person is perched on the commanding eminence at the Foreign Office. Will it be any comfort, when Russia has achieved the object which she has so long, so steadily, and hitherto so success fully pursued—when she has secured possession of Constan tinople, with all the palpable advantages thereto belonging —will it, we ask, be any comfort to England that not the nation, but an incapable Ministry perrnitte.l, if not con nived, at such a calamity! Nay, will not those who come after us reproach, and justly, the public apathy which suf fered any Minister to hold office for a single week under the circumstances of gross incapacity which arc daily brought to light against Lord Palmerston ! It is quite impossible that the national honour and the mighty interests at stake is this question of Russian aggrandisement in the East can be longer treated with neglect or left to the incapable hands of the Foreign Secretary. The most important point in Mr. Slade's letter is the suggestion so forcibly urged, that in the' event of 'Mehemet Ali declaring his in dependence, we should acknowledge him o penly and at once, thus establishing for ourselves a paramount influence at the Court of an enterprising, intelligent, and powerful Prince—an influence which might effectually countervail the intrigues of Russia in Turkey. eVe certainly have, as Mr. Slade urges, shown of late years no great squeamishness in acknowledging Sovereigns where ever they have sprung up. Nor does there appear any reason (but quite otherwise) for our hesitating to do so in a case where every inducement of political prudence would prompt the measure. But the considerations connected with this suggestion are so fully entered into and strongly placed in the letter here spoken of, that we cannot do better than refer our readers to its perusal. Were it not a cruelty to disturb Lord Palmer ston's repose after the fatigues of the Session, we might call even his attention to Mr. Slade's communication ; con taining, ex o ap r de e e i n g t g n Minister to he oughto himself o mc k sue n pl o fi d w h owever , as i t d oes, so much that h i s Lordsh i p as ear n en ot reasonably s d a then l " L a i dip git w iwt i he t h ci its perusal. into his own protocols as a sedative.—Timer. CONSTABLES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. .— A Court of Burgesses was held on Monday at the Sessions House, Westminster, on which occasion the officers of the several parishes were summoned in relation to their duties on the nomination of Constables and persons to serve on the Leet Jury for the ensuing year. The Deputy High Steward (Tho mas Lightfoot, Esq.) addressed them on the subject. He mentioned a circumstance which, he said, was not publicly known, but which would materially lessen the duties of Parish Constables in future. He said Lord John Russell had re cently made a regulation by which the Constables would be relieved from attending the Houses of Parliament, and also her Majesty on any State occasion. The Nigh C onsta bl e his officers. The duties performed by them would in future be di sc h arged b y the police. He could assure them that the alt erat i on wou ld was dispensed with, and, consequently, save them much trouble. The Court ordered the parties summoned to present a list of persons on the 20th instant. They were liable to a fine of 40s. on every person they pre sented who was not properly qualified to serve. Ramsgate continues exceedingly f u ll of • i visters, and the town has never been more lively and prosperou s t h an dur ing the present season. The Princess Sophia takes her usual drives and walks upon the pier, which is also visited by the fa milies of Lord Winchester and Lord Scarborough. The Right Hon. R. C. Fergusson, M. P., and Sir H. Parnell, M.P., have also paid short visits to Ramsgate; Capt. Boldero, M. P., and his family, remain, as do Gen. and Mrs. Newberry, Sir C. and Lady Coote, Sir J. Lambert, and Col. Cameron. Lord Ellenborough gave an entertainment on Fri day to above 100 of his tenantry and friends at Southam. It was one of those good old English hospitalities so much lauded in song and story, and withal so much neglected in practice, which we admire the more from the unfrequency of their occurrence. A right hospitable supper was followed by dancing, spirit, and kept up un til near four w ne h a ic t h m w o a r s n i e n n g t . e_re d ch in e t i o ten w h i a th mooker. on. Wednesday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, a man, apparently a porter, was knocked down by an omnibus at the corner of Walbrook, City, and sustained a dreadful in jury internally by the wheels passing over his body. H e wa s taken to Guy's Hospital. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1838. SURREY SESSIONS-WEDNESDAY. The application made by Stockdale, to which we alluded yesterday, was to have the expenses to'which he had been put by an indictment which he had laid, and which was to have been tried at these Sessions, remitted. He went into a long statement relative to the nature of the indictment and the sub sequent withdrawal of it owing to the Attorney-General ; and added, that the proceeding not having come on in that Court, he contended that the meney he had expended in the shape of expenses ought to be returned to him again. He sued in forma pauperis. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the application, said that the Court could make no order on the subject ; that whatever money the applicant had paid in the course of the proceeding he adopted, the Clerk of the Court was entitled to as his fees. The applicant said that he should apply to another tribunal on the subject. PROSECUTION UNDER THE NEW REGISTRATION ACT,—Mary TVallace was indicted for making a false statement to the registrar of births and deaths of Christ Church district rela tive to the decease of a woman named Murphy, who expired in another parish. The prisoner on being arraigned pleaded Guilty to the in dictment, and said that at the time she made the statement to the registrar she was not aware that she was committing an offence against the laws. Mr. CHAMBERS, counsel for the prosecution, said that it was instituted by the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, who did not in the present case call upon the Court to inflict a heavy sentence upon the prisoner, but for such a one as would deter others from attempting to commit a similar offence with impunity. This was the second proceeding of this nature since the passing of the Act, under which persons found guilty of the offence, rendered themselves amenable to the punish ment awarded to perjury. The Learned Counsel, after having eulogised the benefits likely to result from the passinc , of such an Act, then proceeded to state that the prisoner called at the office of the registrar of births and deaths for Christ Church, and stated that a woman named Murphy had died in that parish. As the prisoner's statement was not believed inquiry was instituted, and it was satisfactorily ascertained that the woman alleged to have died in Christ Church in point of fact had expired in a different parish, viz , that of St, George's, Southwark. It was suspected that the object of the prisoner in procuring the insertion of the false entry in the register of deaths of the above parish was for the purpose of saving double burial fees. Whatever might have been her anticipations, added the Learned Counsel, it was necessary to convince the accused that she had committed an offence for which she was liable to a most severe punishment. It was owing to the prisoner's supposed ignorance that she was doing wrong at the time that induced the Registrar-General not to press for a severe sentence in this instance. The COURT having consulted for a short time, the prisoner was adjudged to pay a nominal fine, and to find two sureties for her appearance in case she should be called up for judg ment at a future period. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Marley, the driver of a cabriolet, No. 379, was charged with being drunk and furious driving, so as to endanger the lives of passengers. Mr. ROGIRS convicted him in the penalty of 103. Henry Blewit and James Dale were finally examined, charged by James Thomson, the Scotch giant, with having robbed him of various articles of wearing apparel, value 20s. The prosecutor's gigantic appearance, being six feet nine i►►ches and upwards in height, and muscular in proportion, attracted much attention and curiosity. It appeared that he slept in the same room with the prisoners, who stole the property early in the morning, while he was asleep, on Wednesday, the sth inst., and they were ultimately appre hen.ded with part of the property in their possession. George Strutt, a mere dwarf, who keeps the house where the prosecutor was robbed, proved taking the prisoners into custody with Sergeant Clarke, of G division—the former asked the prosecutor a question ; and it formed a ludicrous pic ture to see him looking up whilst Thomson looked down upon him like a Lilliputian. _ _ _ The, prisoners said they committed the robbery through hunger. They were fully committed for trial. Duke, the officer, introduced to Mr. Rogers, the principal turnkey of the Giltspur-street Compter, who was followed by a host of cabriolet drivers, to consult with his Worship, under the following singular circumstances:— Duke staled that a gentleman of great respectability resi ding in the city was at present incarcerated in the Compter for numerous cabriolet fares, and his friends having been com - municated with, they were ready to answer all demands upon him for the purpose of procuring his liberation. It appeared that the prisoner had a peculiar fancy for riding about in such vehicles, and there was scarce a cabman in London that he had not attempted to bilk, and he had been summoned to every police office in London by them, and he at length got himself into prison. In some instances he had rode about in cabs du ring the whole of the day, and borrowed money of the drivers, whom he after Wards refused to pay. The cabmen in attendance had claims upon him, and they merely wished Mr. Rogers to consent to their being paid, as the friends of the gentleman only required that. There were upwards of 30 cabmen who had claims upon him. Mr. ROGERS directed the clerk to make out an account of the sums due, and it being handed to the turnkey, he quitted the office. Q UEEN- SQUARE. --- Mr. Montague, Secretary to the Marquis Wellesley, yes terday attended at this office, with his groom, to prefer a charge of assault and gross misbehaviour against Charles Southgate, an omnibus man. Defendant was fined 20s. for the assault, 15s. costs, &c. MARY LEBONE. Yesterday a ruffianly-looking fellow, who gave his name Shippey, was charged at the instance of the Society for pre venting Cruelty to Animals, with being implicated in a dog fight. He was fined 50s. WORSHIP- STREE T. Yesterday Sarah Bray was brought up for re-examination before M. GROVE, charged with having put Richard Johnson in dangyr of losing his life. The complainant stated that he lived at No. 11, Turvill street, Bethnal-green, and that the prisoner lived in the same house. On Tuesday week he was at tea with his wife and children, when the prisoner came into his room and abused him shamefully. He had been out all day, and his wife told him that the prisoner and her mother had been annoying her. He went to her room, when she struck him a very violent blow upon the head, which stunned him. She then seized a knife, with which she cut complainant's head. He bled pro fusely, and was taken in a very dangerous state to the London Hospital, where he remained till the preceding night, when he left, as his family were without support. The prisoner was committed for the capital offence. THE LATE OCCURRENCE IN ALDGATE CHURCH TARD.—The bodies of the two men who perished on Friday were yesterday interred about twenty yards from the spot where they lost their lives. There was an immense concourse of spectators. We understand that the subscriptions for the benefit of the widows and children of the deceased amount to about 1501. TIIE LATE FATAL DUEL.-In the course of Tuesday Mr. Carttar, the coroner, before whom the inquiry arising out of the late fatal duel came on, received a commu nication from Messrs. Harmer and Co., informing him that on the first day of the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court Mr. Broughton, who acted as the second to Mr. Mirfin, the deceased, would surrender for the purpose of taking his trial on the Coroner's inquisition for the wilful murder of Mr. Mirfin. Yesterday's Hue and Cry gives information that on the evening of the 4th inst., Dr. Humphreys was hustled by a female at Barnet-hill, and robbed of a sovereign, together with four shillings, and a gold mourning ring, marked " The Rev. Dr. Humphreys, 1837." The adjourned inquest on the body of one of the two women who were recently drowned off Wapping, from a collision between the Rose steamer and the boat in which they and others were sailing, was resumed on Wednesday. In the course of a very lengthened investigation, it was proved satisfac torily that the steamer was proceeding at a very moderate pace, and that Captain Tucker, who commanded the vessel, had repeatedly called to the persons in the boat previous to the collision, as well as done everything in his power to assist the sufferers afterwards. Several witnesses gave it as their opinion that the collision resulted from the circumstance that the per sons in the boat, being unacquainted with the River, did not understand the signals made and terms used by the people in the steamer. It was stated, also, that if the women had not stood up at the time of the collision, they would probably have been rescued. The jury, in their verdict, declared the occur rence to have been purely accidental, and that the conduct of Captain Tucker was highly praiseworthy. ANOTHER FATAL OCCURRENCE FROM FOUL AlE.—Joshua Denning, a well-borer, lost his life last Saturday afternoon, in a well 118 feet deep, from the effects of carbonic acid gas, although no doubt the position in which the deceased was found tended to his death, by keeping him so long in the foul air, which was generated by the charcoal, and which would be worse in a damp than in a dry place. During a violent storm which passed over the town of Dunmow, on Wednesday morning last, about one o'clock, the electric fluid struck a poplar tree, near the Dunmow Farm House, occupied by Mr. Andrews, and the shock broke be tween thirty and fourty panes of glass in the farm house, but no further injury was sustained.—The same tree was similarly struck on the 29th of May, 1837.—Essex Herald. THE MURDERER KIRKB Y.—A rumour has been current in this city, that Kirby, the youthful murderer, was dead. We cannot trace the origin of thi s report, but it is nots unlikely to be true. On arriving at Woolwich, with the other convicts, there were special orders for his destination, and he was removed in less than an hour, to some section where extra ordinary rigour is exercised, and it is probable that he has sunk under the seasoning, —Lincoln Gazette. On Saturday week, a fisherman at Parkgate, Liver pool, on hauling in his net, found in it a live - turtle. It measured ounds five in . ches wide, f ourteen i nches long, and weighed thn p RATEABILITY Or FURNISHED LODGING' HOUSES WHEN UNLET.—In reply to a question on the above subject, the Poor-law Commissioners have stated that the keeping the houses furnished is an occupation i law, which subjects the party so occupying to the liability to pay the rate on the whole of the tenement so occupied . lt is wholly im material whether any part of such tenement be underlet or not for any portion of the year—the rate being made, not on the value of the tenement as l et out to lodgt; o rs, ye but , u u pon the value of the whole tenement to l et from year SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTEE , ST. LEGER. Very few engagements of moment have taken place. On Satur day the Duke of Cleveland's filly was backed rather strongly, one gentleman taking the odds to 50/. The following are the odds : It to 4 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—taken 15 to 2 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost—taken 9 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 17 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps—offered INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. DONCASTER RACES.--MONDAY NEIT. The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 1 - 6 - ;;vs. each, with 30 added by the Corporation. One mile and a half. The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. ; for two-yr-old colts, Bst. 51b ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner to give six dozen of Champagne to the Doncaster Racing Club. Red House, in. Mr. Orde's Johnny Boy, own broth-r to Tomboy ; Lord Kel. burne's b. c. by Jerry, out of Purity ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Langar, out of Miss Fanny's dam, by Orville;• Mr. T. 0. Pow lett's br. c. by Waverley, out of Miss Fanny ; Mr. Newsham's b. c. Huntington, by Mulatto, dam by Lottery; Mr. C. Attwood's b. f. Armella, by Physician, out of Tormentor's dam ; Mr. Osbaldes ton's br. f. Aloxandrina, by The Saddler, out of Ebberston's dam ; Lord Chesterfield's c. by Mulatto, or Starch, out of Carew's dam ; Colonel Anson's br. c. Zimmerman, by Starch ; Mr. A. Hey wood's b. c. Pall Mall, by Rowton, out of sister to Dryad; Mr. R. Jacques's b. c. by Liverpool, out of Comedy ' • Major Yarburgh's b. c. Charles the Twelfth, by Voltaire, out of Laurel's dam ; Mr. Mostyn's Papineau, by Emancipation, out of Archduchess ; Mr. L. Fox's br. c. by Waverley, out of Catgut ; Mr. J. Bell's b. f. La Sage Femme, by Physician, or Gainsborough, out of Golden-drop's dam ; Mr. Wormald's gr. c. Bolus, by Physician, dam by Comus, out of Lisette ; Mr. Smith's br. f. Margaret, by Margrave •, Duke of Cleveland's b. f. Eliza. by Physician, out of Matilda, by Comus ; Lord Eglinton's ch. c. Zoroaster, by Priam, out of Spaewife ; Lord Suffield's b. c. Alan ; Lord Suffield's f. Marie, by Waverley, out of Benevolence, by Figaro ; Lord Westminster's c. by The Saddler, out of Flighty, by Young Phantom. The Four-year-old Produce Stakes of 100 sows. each, h. ft. Two miles. Sir R. Bulkeley's ch. c. Bangalore (31bs.) ; Sir R. Bulkeley's ch. f. Acanthus, by Teniers, out of Mrs. Suggs ; Mr. W. Cromp ton's br. c. Bostoek (31bs.) ; Mr. W. Turner's ch. f. (dead), by Recovery, out of Eucrotia (31bs. ) The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, free for any horses, &c. Four miles. TUESDAT. The St. Leger Stakes of 50 revs. each, h. ft., for three years old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. St. Leger Course. Sir C. Monck's b. f. by Langar, dam by Whisker, out of The Twinkle ' • Mr. Chilton's br. c. Peter the Great, by Voltaire, dam by Dr. Syntax ; Mr. Osbaldeston's b. c. Allerston; Mrt Osbaldes ton's gr. f. Miss Etty, by Brutandorf ; Mr. Cook's br. c. Walter Scott; Mr. Ramsay's br. c. Count Lauriston ; Mr. Orde's ch. c. Charley Boy ; Lord Exeter's eh. c. Alemdar ' by Sultan ; Lord ' Exeter's b. f. Velveteen, by Sultan • Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's ch. c. The Hydra ; Mr. C. Wilson's b. c. by Voltaire, out of Yorkshire Lass ; Lord Mulgrave's ch. c. Lutzow ; Colonel Crauford's b. or br. ' Brother to Sinbad, by Priam, out of Mermaid; Lord Der by's b. a. Sceptic, by Voltaire ; Mr. J. Tompson's br. c. Stansty, by Pedictor, out of Fenella ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br. c. by Tramp, out of Francesca; Mr. Bowes's c. Gonfalon; Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Jager; Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Appleton Lad; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Don John ; Lord Chesterfield's ch. c. by Partisan--Raby's dam ; I.ord Chesterfield's ch. c'. Bretby ; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. by Medora, out of Tranby's dam ; Lord Westminster's b. c. Albe marle ; Lord Westminster's br. c. Richard Roe ; Mr. Richardson's b. C. Monc Adam; Mr. Armitage's ch. c. by Velocipede, out of Nonplus's dam ; Mr. H. Coombe's ch. c. Cobham ; Mr. Pedley's br. f. by Jack Spigot, out of Sister to Voltaire ; Lord Wilton's br. c. Davie Gellatley ; Major Yarburgh's b. I. Easter; Mr. Vansit tart's ch. c. by Langar, dam by Macduff, out of Merlin's dam ; Mr. Mostyn's br. f. The Brown Duchess; Mr. Gascoigne's b. c. Watchman ; Mr. Bell's b. c. Humphrey, by Sandbeck ; Mr. Buck ley's b. f. Latitude ; Mr. Howard na. b. c. by Brutandorf, oat of Laura ; Mr. S. L. Fox's b. c. Jemmy Jumps ; Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Alzira ; Duke of Cleveland's ch. f. by Rowton, out of Pucelle; Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Hart, by Actaeon ; Sir T. Stanley's bl. c. Piccaroon ; Sir T. Stanley's b. c. Gasparonis, by St. Nicholas ; Mr. J. Shepherd's b. f. March First ; Mr. H. S. Thompson's b. c. Talleyrand; Mr. M. Foulis's b. f. Equity; Mr. J. Parkins's br. c. Lanercost ; Mr. C. M. St. Paul's ch. f. Creeping Molly ; Mr. Wilkins's br. c. Wee Willie ; Sir J. Boswell's b. c. Constantine ; Lord Suffield's ch. c. Bamboo; Lord Suffield's br. f. Callisto ; Colonel Peel's br. c. lon • Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin ; Mr. Bond's c. by Reveller, out of :Scurry ; Mr. Bond's sister to Glaucus ; Worrall's br. c. Dormouse ; Mr. W. Denham's b . c. Compensa tion, by Emancipation, dam by Brutandorf ; Sir J. B. Mills's Volunteer ; Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Gilbert Gurney ; Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird ; Mr J. Day's ch. c. The Bodach Glas ; Mr. J. Bowes's brother to Aleppo ; Mr. T. Wilson's ch. f. by St. Nicholas, out of Mrs. Clarke ; Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville ; Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus. The Cleveland Stakes of 10 cove. each, h. ft., with 50 added by the Corporation and 50 by his Grace the Duke of Cleveland. One mile. Wedge, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b ; Mr. Waggs, 5 yrs. Bst. 41b ; Abraham Newland, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Remnant, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b ; Yarico, 4 yrs, 7st ; Eaglet, 4 yrs, 6st. 12lb ; c. by Priam, out of May flower (h. b.), 4 yrs, kist. 91b ; Hart, 3 yrs, 6st. 71b ; Percy, 3 yrs, fist. 71b. The Two-year-old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft Red House in. Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Langar, out of Miss Fanny's d. ; Mr. Bowes's br. f. Streamlct Sprite, by Physician, out of Gibside Fairy ; Lerd Westmin s ter' s br. f. by Camel, out ofilanter. The Four-year-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added by the Corporation. One mile and a half. Br. c. lienriade, ch. c. Epirus (Sibs. ), and. ch. c. Abraham Newland. WEDNESDAY. The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. One mile and a half. Cli. c Jagger, b. c Alzira, and b. c. John Doe. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Cor poration. Two miles. The Selling Stakes of 10 sers. each, with 50 added. St. Leger Course. The Corporation Plate of 601. Two mile heats. TH URSD.'.Y. The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft. ; the winner of the St. Leger Stakes to carry 41bs. extra. St. Leger Course. Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Hart, by Actaeon, out of Voltaire's dam ; Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's ch. c. The Hydra ; Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Don John ; Lord G. Bentinek's ; Lord G. Ben tinck's Grey Alornus. The Three 'Years Old Stakes, of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. St. Leger Course, Mr. Orde's ch. e. Charleyß;T Lord Kelburne's br. c. by Jerry, dam by Ardrossan ; Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Jagger ; Major Yar burgh's b. f. Easter; Lord Westminster's Albemarle; Lord West minster's Richard Roe; Mr. Ogbaldesten's c. by Brutandorf, out of Ebberston's dam ; Mr. Houldsworth's ch. c. by Sultan, out of Torelli ; Duke of Cleveland's b. c. H ar t ; Duke of Cleveland's c. Alzira ; Lord Chesterfield's ch. c by Partisan, out of Baby's dam. The Two Years Old Stakes, of 20 sous. each ; colts, Bst. 51b ; and fillies, Bst. 21b. T. Y.C. Mr. Orde's Johnny Boy ; Lord Kelburne's b. c. by Retainer, d. by Ardrossan ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. by Langar, out of Miss Fancy, by Orville ; Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br. c. by Waverley, out of Miss Fanny ; Mr. Newsham's b. c. Huntington; Mr. Osbaldes ton's br. f. Alexandrina ; Lord Chesterfield's c. by Mulatto, or Starch, out of Carew's dam ; Colonel Anson's br. c. Zimmerman ; Mr. G. Clarke's ch. f. Imogene, by Langar, d. by Whisker • Mr. Hall's br. c. by The Saddler, out of Si s t er to Chancellor; Mr.i S. L. Fox's b. c. by Brutandorf, out of Carpenter's dam; Mr.Worm ald's gr. c. Bolus, by Physician ; Duke of Cleveland's b. f. Eliza ; Mr. 11. Coombe's c. by Acton, out of Frederica; Lord West minster's c. by The Saddler, out of Flighty. A Piece of Plate, of 300 guineas value, given by the Stewards, with 50 sovs. (in specie) added by the Corporation. To start at the Red House, and run once round to the Ending Post. FRID A Y. The Filly Stakes of 20 sm. each. St.. Leger Course. Mr. Osbaldeston's b. The Fairy Queen ; Mr. R. Jacques's ch. Opera, by Action ; Lord Dundas's b. Siberia, by Brutandorf; Mr. C. M. St. Paul's ch. Creeping Molly ; Duke of Cleveland's ch. by Rowton, out of Pucelle. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. One mile. Mr. Orde's Charley Boy; Mr. J. 0. Fairlie's The Hydra; Mr. Wilson's b. c. by Voltaire, out of Yorkshire Lass ; Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad ; Mr. Armitage's eh. c. by Velocipede, Nonplus's dam ; Mr. Howard na. b. c. by Brutandorf, out of Laura; Colonel Crauford's b. or. hr. g. Brother to Sinbad ; Mr. Ilostyn's The Brown Duchess ; Duke of Cleveland's Hart ; Mr. M. Foulis's Equity ; Mr. J. Parkins's Lanercost ; Boswell's Constantine ; Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird. _ . _ The Hornby Castle Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 50 added by the Corporation. Two miles. 5 Subs. The Town Plate of 1001. Two mile heats. PEDESTRIANISM. Mr. Charles Harris, the pedestrian, who recently completed the herculean task of walking 1,500 miles in 1,000 hours, has now made an engagement to perform 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive half hours. In endeavouring to perform a similar task at the Cricket Ground, Camberwell, a short time ago, Molloy, the great pedestrian, was unsuccessful. Harris is to commence his undertaking on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 19th inst., at four o'clock, and it is to take place on the grounds of the Bald-faced Stag Tavern, near Finchley common. The pedestrian has, it is said, been in active train ing since the completion of his last match. A walking-match has just been undertaken and entered upon here which has excited some attention in the sporting world. A young gentleman, an office:, for a wager, it is said, of 1,000 guineas, has engaged to walk 1,000 miles in 1,000 successive hours. He started on Monday evening at five o'clock from his lodgings in Domingo-place, behind the poor house, and goes every hour, half a mile out and back, through the turnpike on the new Antrim road. This, we believe, is the same match that rendered Captain Barclay so famous. The match must occupy nearly six weeks, day and night. The difficulty arises chiefly from the want of sleep, which, in the course of the undertaking must be peculiarly exhausting. Hitherto the t r i a l seems no trou b le to hi m. He is an exceed ingly active, well made young man, and seems admirably cal culated for the work. His general plan is to walk two miles at once--that is, one mile each hour, almost without intermis sion, by which moans he has the longer interval. A crowd generally accompanies him in the day time, which, though inconvenient, seems not to annoy him, and we have little doubt that, if no t i nterrupte d, h e w ill b e a ble to accomplish his herculean task.—Belfast Chronicle. We have been favoured with a letter from the gentleman engaged in the above task, dated Wed nes d a y even i ng , a qu arter past five, from which we found that he had then completed his 48th mile. He says, " I feel much s t ronger , and have more confidence." His weight is list. 81b.—his age 25. —Belfast Whig. At an early hour on Wednesday morning some thieves broke into the house of Mr. Carter, the Eagle, Kennington lane, and succeeded in carrying away half-a-dozen silver table spoons, with the contents of the till, which were but about as. worth of coppers, it being Mr. Carter's practice to secure his cash in another part of the house. The thieves must have been disturbed, as their booty would otherwise have been much greater. The Falcon, Gravesend steamer, which left that place for Waterloo Bridge at six o'clock Wednesday morning, ran aground off Northfleet, in consequence of the denseness of the fog. Some of the passengers went back to Gravesend, and others were transferred to the Vesper, the next steamer from Gravesend, as the Falcon could not be got off till the next flood-tide. THE LATE GOODWOOD STAKES• _ In our last we brief!) , stated that the gentlemen to whom this matter had been refs: red had expressed an opinion that Loutherbourgh is not bred as represented, &c. From the full report since published in the Racing Calendar, we are now enabled to furnish a short history Pf the proceedings upon which such opinion is founded. Subsequent to the late meeting at G oodwood, Lord Suf field, as owner of St. Luke, second hors,' for the Goodwood Stakes, applied to Lord Exeter, as stewart, l , to withhold the stakes, on the ground that Loutherbourgh's podigree was in correctly stated. At the request of the Nobie Marquis, " ar i l inquiry into his ide n tity was un dert a ken by L os - L is Jersey a n Wharncliffe, and from their report it will be seen ,that the evi dence, which was voluminous, was not by any n. leans satis factory. The following is an outline of the evidentle : From the statement :of Reuben Piper, former 1:, 550d groom to Mr. Holbrook, it appeared that in 1827 he d mare, called Miss Chance, to Mr. Theobald's, to be loverc e t ook by Smolensk°, that he saw her covered, and that in 18 ''B sh e produced a filly, afterwards called Fancy, and th, ate (Fancy) ran three times in that name. That in 183.3 h.O Fancy to Mr. Theobald's to be covered by Mame:luk e, that in 1834 she produced the brown colt, which vs as wards sold to Mr. Theobald, and is now called .Loutlir . bourgh ; that he told Mr. T.'s stud groom, on delivering 11 ' 1 1 , 1 ,', that he was got by Mameluke out of Fancy. 'That •nrben be Fancy to Farrall to be put in training, he did not sat how she was bred. Although stud grz, om, he declare tha, he had no recollection of any of Nr. Holbrook's brno: mares, except Fancy and her dam. Mr. Farrall stat ed in. 1834, having general authority to enler Mr. Hol breol' l ; horses in such stakes as he thought prope.• . . he named c ° by Camel, out of Fancy, by Phantom, for 2-yr.-old ,stak!ff, after to be run at Epsom in 1836 ; that shortly afte this he was 1 , 11 ; formed by Mr. Holbrook that such entry was wrong ; that v t had had Fancy in training, had entered her in ti hree stakes As g at by Phantom, dam by Skim, and as sister to F 'ashion , a nd tha t she ran three times under such pedigree (a inning on ce Egham), although shortly after the entries • Mr. HolbroolL apprised him that she was wrongly described. Mr. Holbrook was then examined. He sta. ted that he re turned Fancy to Mr. Weatherby for the an id-book, as olt Phantom, out of Mr. Skim, and as having had,, in 1834, a c by Camel, but that, in fact, Miss Skim had .no produce ill 1828, and that the entry of a filly as her prodtnle in that yea: was a mistake. That Loutherborough is got by Maraelok e ' out of a mare by Smolensk°, out of Miss Chan .ce, an d that Fancy is such mare; and finally, that he return, 5d her as', Phantom, out of Miss Skim, in order not to ex pose Farrel who had :o described her when in training. The evidence of Gardener, stud-groom to M Theobald, the assertion of Piper, that on deliver) • of Loather-, °I bourgh he was represented as being "by 11 lamel out Fancy," nothing having been said about pedigree. Mr. Theobald's trainer, Brown, jun., stated tbat be I. e : ceived Loutherbourgh in the beginning of 16'36, to train for ' the two-year-old Stakes of Egham, and understood biT to be by Camel, out of Fancy ; that the jockey was prepareu, s a ride for it, but that Mr. Theobald informed hi .m that 1 10 P been objected to (by Farrall, who had a horse in the race b y ,f, and he did not start. Loutherbourgh was agai n sent to in 1837, and he ran one heat for the Selling P 1 ate at G°.°i,, wood, as got by " Mameluke, out of Miss Chan ce, by IrThe dad,"&c., which pedigree, written by Mr. Holbrook after 1, objection at Epsorit, ptoduced. - s lob r. Theobald, as the owner of Mameluke Smole!g was called upon to produce the book containing t,he crane. out mares sent to his stallions. It was accordingly prOdUCed, Mr. Theobald would not suffer it to be examined. dWh en' The fallowing opinion is given . by Lord s J e rsey aT cts cliffe,at the foot of the examinations f rom w hich au' e'.-3 are taken : ail - Upon a careful review of this evidence we find g roa . t . to ficulty in coming to a conclusion entirely sa t the real pedigree of the horse Loutherbourgb. I,l3eLepro many parts of the evidence which are so ex,tremel .th bable, and in some instances so directl at variance wri erd or ne statements made in the presence ofthird the hands of the witnesses themselves, that ther e is e vi - eard i n re.... 0, some mystery or concealed purpose in their mil Ids isfactory .-00 vo h a ve . 0 0 _ to that pedigree, the precise object of which been able to discover, although it seems to us' greater or less degree upon the parties who iuufoe b een G in. all the the gaged in those transactions. Taking, however, L ‘ll c 1 a lso t as cumstances of the case into our consideration, nature of the evidence, as well as the manner in , wh ich 1 n der given, we are o f opinion that the original pedi,cfree u to b e which the colt was entered in the two-year-old stat;:es,edigree run for, in 1836, at Epsom, must be taken as the true ,I'' ut , by of Loutherbourgh, more especially as it is fully borne' e wat t() operate in the only record to which reference can be made in se e ''' : ' ters, namely, the stud-book, and racing calendar. i s of The report having been forwarded to the Mare or Exeter, his Lordship has directed Mr. Weatherby to e iir , tinuc to retain the stake money, it being his Lordsbill' 4 , o ls tention to lay the matter, without delay, b e fore the Ste 0". of the Jockey Club. —Morning Advertiser. THE CROPS ON THE CONTINENT.—A privy a, letter from the Continent mentions, that the crops Of g ra' : in the districts on the Upper Rhine, Prussia, Baden, N ass ! • : and Darmstadt, and those further down in the Lower R how and in Belgium, seem generally excellent. The weather ha ! latterly been very favourable in these countries, and harvest l now almost entirely over (date of the letter September 1); The common price of bread in th e U pper Rh en i s h prove cheer is one;penny per lb., and it s qua li ty i s super i or to that of the finest Edinburgh loaves. Th e cu l t i vat i on o f t h e fields, in t o e , Prussian districts, is conducted in a very inferior manne r ; productiveness of the soil might be doubled by better a n t l e/ ment. The Rhenish vint a g es thi s y ear w ill be very la te I* poor, in consequence of the early cold spring weather;oci, passing along for miles through vine gardens, scarcelY.B flew of grapes is to be seen, although all the plants maintain green appearance." The same gentleman remarks frotn Ejog sonal observation, " h ow sma ll the cost would be of= °,°77 d ete wheat, almost to an y amoun t, d own t h e Rhine. " lii Chronicle. m il WILL OF PETER HOLFORD, e f the of the late Peter Belford, Esq., a barrister, and lato , _ f ire ro- Isle of Wright, has just passed under the Seal of t° l- .; in the gative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. it, ls hio handwriting of th e t es t a t or , w h o b equeat h s thew ium e f boar, immense and prin ce ly f or t une ( w ith t h e exception ° rd , oi• which is l e ft to t h e executor, ) amount i ng to uPv ilt oy boltL 1,000,0001., exc l us i ve o f f ree h o ld, l ease h o ld, and c° e r nhe' estates of great value in diff eren t cou nties, to his n t l i , a nd Mr. Belford. Th e s t am p on t h e pro b ate was ) 6,o°' a t ots • the further duty will be about 30,000/. more, i. a making s ingle payment to Government of a sum of 45,0001. ou t 0 .trikinici estate. It is an extraordinary f ac t, an d presents aoccupie. contrast to the will of the late Lord Eldon, wh icit ui e wil l r forty-eight close-written skins of parchment, Oat .• contained on one side of a sheet of letter-1381 3 er' f ford was but twenty-two years of age, and unnuil l '; e delit the exception of the late Mr. Rothschild and Mr. Jill gold the well-known firm of Rundell, Bridge, and Run dc e smiths, of Ludgate-hill, the stamp-duty upon the u1 313- e r rati ° "' a million, has seldom of late been called into oP 15,000 L being the highest probate duty. nlu eb The pilchard fishery, which naturally exc ite s anxiety throughout this county, not only as afford in g 851 tious food to the labouring classes and their families, ot 1,, important branch of commerce, we regret to say, ba s pe ralie proved profitable to the fishermen and scan-owners g e e sp ent' notwithstanding both channels have teemed with the% tal‘e rk a ling fish. Considerable quantities, however, hare W on g and these have been disposed of fresh to those P er e 1 00 1 7,. alt ; usually lay i n s t oc k t o salt for consumption during tu kePt The fish are remarkably fine, and a sharp look-ou t I- ov er 01 ,: t ; to mark their progress in the deep sea, that at the P r ii yoacO, ment they may be enclosed in the seans.—Fahnou t ne rbj' f A white grouse was killed last week on the 'ico shire Moors, near Bakevvell, on the estates of the Pu Devonshire. ------ ---- , v p.---„, SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCHAA'e r frr COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, Cornhill (seve n - e ° s: 1( ' 5 1 1 : Gracechurch-street), London, informs Executors and o th re r dy s a ea ing to dispose of Second-hand Plate, that, from havi n gf . b: d fer ber he can offer more advantageous prices than can g eneral l ire ,' eit er e by the trade. Strangers offering plate for sale are required b ank to give a reference, or to take a cheque crossed wi th t name, which ever they may prefer. - - BIRTHS. , ,h , f Sir C' .. On the sth inst., at St. H e li er ' s , Jersey, the la "'" 0 On the 12th inst., at Dulwieh, the lad moods Carrington, of a (laughter. Y o f of a daughter. ar On the Ilth inst., Mrs. Major Usbo e, of a son. re the la On the 10th in t in M - rn R 11-squ a- ' _, AI. 6., onta-street usse of John Deverell, Esq., of a daughter. ' _Au of TT ' On the 9th inst., at Larkh 11 • a -rise, Clapham, the 11' 00r Berkley, Esq., of a daughter. 1 ., di e l On the 10th inst., at East Sheen, Surrey, the la d'Este, Esq., of Paris, of a daughter. o f A viary' MARRIED. u are, marl', On the 11 th inst., at St. George's, Hanover- Elizabeth oof Jopp, Esq., of Wilton-place, Belgrave-squ Savage- garde ns, $ eldest daughter of John G. Lay, Esq., of id S. Great Tey, ia the county of Essex. Regi n ' t loci , On the 10th inst., at Bedworth, Warwickshsre, ,urnher Robert Snort, Esq'' Graham, eldest son of Reginald Graham, of Etterbl,ll;enairs. a, o f Esq., to Dora Ennis, eldest daughter of the Rev. II: ,„ floga r f tho On the Ist inst., at the British Embassy, Mr. geni;costo ° Paris, to Celina Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. e 0,,, , to same place. .5. 0. VrillaY. to n• On the 11th inst., Charles Spurden, Esq., _of - nf Roo , ue SO 1 , Joanna, daughter of the late Daniel Britten, Esq . ' cpark, -- to sep , ^ On the 1 Rh inst., at St. George-the -Martyr, S° l4 hter of '' Berry, Esq., of Birmingham, to Emma, second cla n g Searle Haycraft, Esq., of Greenwich. •d o re, OnDiar y, t w he ife lo of th c i o n l s o t n . e , l a iN t ie G lv e i n li e p e ra ß l l ElG:fforn*ee,BarfotewrlifiToga:rtei3ill:e9' :r a , al g several months. , w i n gto_ 0 On the 7th i ns t., a t Ri c h mon d, Mrs. Husey, or r , of jae ksow 59, relict of the late Charles Husey, Esq. ,„.. w as On the 10th i ns t. Susannah, wife of Mr. I li e d 0. _ Aer ick the Glob e T avern , B ow - s t ree t, Covent-garden, ag m r , Fr f- On the sth inst., Mrs. Tabitha Eastaff, wif e EA'' Augustus Eastatf, of Old Kent-road, aged 66.dah Cohen, fu On the Bth inst., at Herne Hill, Surrey, - Coltistre° aged 70. of th e On the 9th inst., George Herbert, Esq. , a 01° 114 Guards, aged 26. Ladf ' . B9 a . On the 7th inst., at Terrington, Norfolk, Ann e t. _ g ot .. ,, i f e of widow of the late ir Andrew Snaps Hanson l iar 'i a nneo ^ On the Ilth inst., at Tunbridge Wells, , (;). Thomas Poynder, Esq., of Wimpole-street, d g , '' --- - ISo. ()TING'. Oil Loinld2o,nsitrPanricni,te2,l a2nlielaPsuubnlisohitedceb,yNliol.Ulßl2D,iss i d , i , th e c ° of Middresex.---Thursday, September 13,